ακροβασία

Greek

Etymology

Reborrowing from acrobatie < acrobate, itself from Koine ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs) from ᾰ̓κρο- (akro-, “peak”) +‎ -βάτης (-bátēs, “walker”) (not from ᾰ̓κρόβασις (akróbasis, “support e.g. foot of table”).^[1]
For figurative sense, it is a calque of French faire des acrobaties.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /akrovaˈsia/
Hyphenation: α‧κρο‧βα‧σί‧α

Noun

ακροβασία • (akrovasía) f (plural ακροβασίες)

(gymnastics) acrobatics (the art and the performance)

Η ακροβασία και η σχοινοβασία είναι τέχνες του τσίρκου, στα ακροβατικά νούμερα.
I akrovasía kai i schoinovasía eínai téchnes tou tsírkou, sta akrovatiká noúmera.
Acrobatics and tightrope walking are arts of the circus, at acrobatic numbers.
any action or art which involves extreme skill
1. (flying) aerial acrobatics, stunt flying
  
  αεροπορικές ακροβασίες ― aeroporikés akrovasíes ― aerial acrobatics
(figuratively) acrobatics, risky behaviour, speech or actions based on unsound or dubious arguments

πολιτικές ακροβασίες ― politikés akrovasíes ― political acrobatics

λεκτικές, ρητορικές ακροβασίες ― lektikés, ritorikés akrovasíes ― speech, rhetoric acrobatics (sophistries)
(dance) en pointe, performing on tip-toe

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Declension

declension of ακροβασία

	singular	plural
nominative	ακροβασία •	ακροβασίες •
genitive	ακροβασίας •	ακροβασιών •
accusative	ακροβασία •	ακροβασίες •
vocative	ακροβασία •	ακροβασίες •

Synonyms

(acrobatic): ακροβατισμός m (akrovatismós)
(on tiptoe): ακροποδητί (akropodití, adverb) (formal)

Related terms

ακροβάτης m (akrovátis, “acrobatics”)
ακροβάτισσα f (akrovátissa, “acrobat”)
ακροβατικός (akrovatikós, “acrobatic”)
ακροβατώ (akrovató, “perform acrobatics”)
ισορροπιστής m (isorropistís, “balance artist, équilibriste”)
σχοινοβάτης m (schoinovátis, “tightrope walker”)

References

↑ ακροβασία in Triantafyllides, Hidryma (1998) Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek]
↑ Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre

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[1] ακροβασία in Triantafyllides, Hidryma (1998) Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek]

[2] Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre